The Minor League Ballpark Guides series spotlights each stadium across baseball’s affiliated ranks. Each edition provides ballpark highlights, from concessions to seating options to in-game entertainment to mascots. Ballpark Guides also take travelers through each facility’s surrounding area, encompassing the best places in town to eat or drink, nearby tourist attractions and more. Plan your
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MLB.TV is back for 2023 — with a big new feature. MLB’s streaming service launches Tuesday for the 2023 season. And now all MLB.TV subscribers will have access to Minor League Baseball included as part of their subscription — which means more live baseball than ever before, and more ways to follow your favorite team’s affiliates. MLB.TV
The Detroit Tigers held their first workouts of spring camp on Monday. Baseball is back, my friends. Expectations aren’t high, but with so much change in the organization over the last six months, they can’t help but be more interesting, at the least. While pitchers and catchers are already working out, the official first workout
The Tigers added right-hander Michael Lorenzen on a one-year, $8.5MM guarantee earlier this offseason. He’ll add some depth to a Detroit rotation that’ll be without Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal to start the season (likely the whole year in the former’s case), joining Eduardo Rodriguez, Spencer Turnbull, Matt Manning and Matthew Boyd in the presumptive season-opening rotation. The 31-year-old indicated today he’s
LAKELAND, Fla. — Time will tell if Alex Lange is ready to step in as the Tigers’ closer. But the young right-hander was at least ready for the question Monday morning. “Yeah, there’s going to be a closer for sure,” Lange said. To twist the oft-used Spring Training phrase, Lange has reported to camp in the
If you were a diehard Yankees fan or prospect watcher about 15 years ago, you likely know the name Humberto Sanchez. A native of the Bronx, Sanchez was a 31st round pick by the Tigers in 2001, signing for $1MM as a draft-and-follow. Sanchez started for the World Team in the Futures Game in 2006,
The Tigers and right-hander Matt Wisler are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training, reports Evan Petzold of The Detroit Free Press. Wisler, 30, is coming off a strong season of results with the Rays, posting a 2.25 ERA over 44 innings. Despite keeping earned runs off the board
The immediate future of broadcast rights for 14 major league baseball teams, including the Detroit Tigers, is up in the air as Diamond Sports group is expected to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. With a $140 million payment due to cover the interest on Diamond’s $8.6 billion debt, the company finds itself unable
Patrick Mahomes’ ties to baseball are well known, as the NFL superstar is the son of longtime big league reliever Pat Mahomes. However, the future Chiefs quarterback was himself a standout high school baseball player, and was even a 37th-round pick for the Tigers in the 2014 draft. As Tigers scout Tim Grieve told 12Up’s
Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows had a frustrating season in 2022, missing time due to vertigo-like symptoms, COVID-19, strains in each of his Achilles tendons and mental health struggles that he was open about. He was only able to get into 36 games on the year and had diminished results when on the field. However, he
Detroit Northwestern boys basketball played on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in its first game since teammate Cartier Woods died, making for an emotional night at the school. Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online – https://www.freep.com #cartierwoods #detroitpsl #northwestern #mhsaa
DETROIT — Stanford Wilkinson, who was born in Detroit and attended Detroit Public Schools, saw firsthand the challenges of his classmates who were living in poverty. Wilkinson said this made such an indelible impact on him that when he was in his mid-20s, he transitioned from a real estate and investment career into the philanthropic
When the World Baseball Classic begins on March 8, we know you’re going to scream for your country. But what about your favorite big league club? Want to know where your team’s guys, Major and Minor Leaguers alike, are playing? You’re in luck. Below you’ll find every player currently signed with a big league team
Back in August 2021, we predicted who would be each farm system’s No. 1 prospect entering 2023. Well, the time has come to review our work. Generally, we did pretty well. Gunnar Henderson (Orioles), Francisco Álvarez (Mets), Jordan Walker (Cardinals), Anthony Volpe (Yankees) and Marcelo Mayer (Red Sox) were our selections then, and now they